Where the castle once stood, Careysville House now occupies the strategic position, built atop the foundations of what was once a significant stronghold of the Condon family. The location offers commanding views across the river valley, a reminder of why this spot was chosen for fortification in medieval times.

The castle met its end during the Confederate Wars of the 1640s, a period when Ireland was torn apart by overlapping conflicts involving Irish Catholics, English Royalists, Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians. In 1642, government forces laid siege to Ballymacpatrick, bombarding the Condon stronghold until it fell. The castle’s capture formed part of the wider campaign to suppress the Irish Confederate rebellion that had erupted the previous year, when Catholic gentry and clergy formed an alliance to govern Ireland independently.

Today, visitors to the area will find no visible traces of the medieval fortification; even archaeological surveys have struggled to identify definitive remains beneath the later construction. The transformation from military stronghold to country house reflects a pattern seen across Ireland, where many castle sites were repurposed during more peaceful times, their stones recycled and their histories absorbed into the landscape. The site serves as a quiet reminder of how completely the physical remnants of conflict can vanish, leaving only documentary records and local memory to mark where such dramatic events unfolded.